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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The OP's question becomes less and less relevant the more social engineering is applied to the Magnet schools.  As more unprepared kids are admitted, either the curriculum will need to be slowed down or changed in a way that will support the changing student population.[/quote]

When you say "social engineering", what do you mean, specifically? Could you please provide some examples?

Could you please also provide the source of your information supporting your statement that unprepared kids are being admitted?[/quote]

From a post in an earlier thread (https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/757740.page)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/...de%205%20Parent%20FAQ's%20.pdf

And here is the excerpt:

Has the program itself changed as a result of the new screening process for the Science, math, computer science program?

We still have many top math students in our new sixth grade class, and we are seeing a greater diversity in ability. This is an important opportunity for highly-able students to be able to step up into a more rigorous curriculum. What has changed is not the rigor of the program or our expectations of students. What has changed is instruction and what the teachers need to do. Our teachers are expected to provide supports and scaffolding to help all magnet students attain the level of mastery of students working at a high level in mathematics.[/quote]

Also, since MCPS changed the admissions criteria for CES along the same lines, what happened there is also very instructive. In DCUM someone had posted a link to a report (from the post?) which described summer prep classes that MCPS conducted for those admitted but not ready for the CES program.[/quote]

I don't think anyone has demonstrated that the admissions criteria for the CES program has changed. Rather, more spots have opened up (which was needed) and that might mean that the "top" 10 percent at a given school gets the chance to participate rather than the "top" 3 percent.

I found the article you reference, and a quick skim did not turn up a program for kids "admitted but not ready." Rather, it seemed there were programs for kids who might be competitive, but who didn't have access to the kind of enrichment that middle class and upper middle class kids participate in.

The article is also a little sloppy in conflating CES programs with middle school magnets. [/quote]

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